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The Best Defense is a Good ... Defense
Two-year exemption allows U.S. Navy to continue sonar trainings |
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26 Jan 2007 |
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| The Best Defense is a Good ... Defense Two-year exemption allows U.S. Navy to continue sonar trainings In a saga lasting longer than Moby Dick, the U.S. Navy will be allowed to train with sonar for two more years, despite evidence that the technology's use has injured and killed whales and other creatures of the deep. The Defense Department has provided an exemption from the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act so the Navy can undert ... |
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| Topics: news, oceans, US Navy (all these topics) |
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Grist for the Military
Navy divers clean up coastal messes |
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12 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Grist for the Military Navy divers clean up coastal messes Navy divers are the latest crazy hippies clamoring to clean up coastal messes. For problems too expensive or vast for civilian government agencies to handle, military divers provide cutting-edge technology and finely tuned abilities -- and in turn, they get to sharpen their diving skillz. This summer, Army and Navy divers helped collect tons of ol ... |
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| Topics: Florida, Hawaii, news, oceans, US Army, US Navy (all these topics) |
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So Near, Yet Sonar
Deal lets Navy make limited use of sonar in exercises off Hawaii |
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10 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| So Near, Yet Sonar Deal lets Navy make limited use of sonar in exercises off Hawaii A temporary ban on Navy sonar use has been lifted, after the Navy agreed to take steps to protect whales in return for the dropping of a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The Navy is in the midst of the world's largest naval war exercise near Hawaii; for the remainder of the exercise, mid-frequency active sonar will be ... |
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| Topics: Hawaii, news, NRDC, oceans, US Navy (all these topics) |
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With This Ping, I Thee Dead
Judge temporarily restricts Navy's sonar use to protect whales |
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05 Jul 2006 |
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| With This Ping, I Thee Dead Judge temporarily restricts Navy's sonar use to protect whales The U.S. Navy is temporarily forbidden to use high-intensity sonar in war-game exercises off the coast of Hawaii, a federal judge declared on Monday. She ruled that environmental groups had provided "considerable convincing scientific evidence that the Navy's use of ... sonar can kill, injure, and disturb m ... |
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| Topics: Department of Defense, Hawaii, news, oceans, US Navy (all these topics) |
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